Bindraban: Late Jurassic, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris hislopii leaf Oldham and Morris 1863
Dicksonia bindrabunensis n. sp. leaf Feistmantel 1876
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
Cunninghamites dubiosus n. sp. leaf Feistmantel 1877
Coniferales
Allocladus rajmahalense leaf (Feistmantel 1876)
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus sp. leaf Halle 1913
Palissya conferta n. sp. leaf Feistmantel 1877
Bennettitales
Ptilophyllum cutchense leaf Morris 1840
Palaeozamia cutchensis n. sp. leaf Morris 1863
Ptilophyllum acutifolium leaf Morris 1840
Palaeozamia acutifolium leaf Morris 1863
Dictyozamites indicus leaf (Feistmantel 1876)
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Cyclopteris oldhami n. sp. leaf Feistmantel 1877
Cycadolepis indica leaf Gupta 1954
Pterophyllum princeps n. sp. leaf Oldham and Morris 1862
Taeniopteris lata n. sp. leaf Oldham 1863
Taeniopteris musaefolia n. sp. leaf Oldham 1863
Pterophyllum crassum n. sp. leaf Morris 1863
Pterophyllum rajmahalense n. sp. leaf Morris 1863
Nilssonia bindrabunensis n. sp. leaf Seward and Sahni 1920
Pterophyllum hislopianum n. sp. leaf Oldham 1863
Pterophyllum medlicottianum n. sp. leaf Oldham and Morris 1863
Pterophyllum morrisianum n. sp. leaf Oldham 1863
Pterophyllum propinquum leaf Göppert 1844
    = Pterophyllum morrisianum leaf Oldham 1863
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Pterophyllum carterianum n. sp. leaf Oldham 1863
Pterophyllum falconerianum n. sp. leaf Morris 1863
Otozamites bengalensis leaf (Oldham 1863)
Otozamites imbricatus leaf Feistmantel 1876
previously identified as "Ptilophyllum acutifolium"
Williamsonia sp. leaf Carruthers 1870
Williamsonia gigas leaf (Lindley and Hutton 1831)
Williamsonia indica leaf Seward 1917
Anomozamites amarjolense leaf Sharma et al. 1971
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Rajmahalia paradoxa leaf Sahni and Rao 1934
Hepaticae
Hepaticites pantii n. sp. leaf Bose and Pal 1982
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Taxodites indicus n. sp. leaf Oldham and Morris 1863
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Dadoxylon bindrabunense n. sp. leaf Sah and Jain 1964
Araucarites bindrabunensis n. sp. leaf Vishnu-Mittre 1955
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
Cheirolepis cf. muensteri leaf (Schenk 1867)
unclassified
Araucarites gracilis n. sp. leaf Oldham and Morris 1863
Ginkgoopsida - Pentoxylales
Williamsonia rajmahalensis n. sp. leaf Wieland 1911
unclassified
Stangerites mcclellandi n. sp. leaf Oldham and Morris 1863
? Morrisia rajmahalensis leaf (Feistmantel 1877)
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Taeniopteris morrisi n. sp. leaf Oldham 1863
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Taeniopteris buskoghatensis leaf Bose and Banerji 1981
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Macrotaeniopteris ovata leaf Schimper 1869
    = Taeniopteris oldhamii n. sp. leaf Bose and Banerji 1981
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Anomozamites fissus leaf (Feistmantel 1879)
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Cycadopsida - Cycadales - Cycadaceae
Cycadites rajmahalensis n. sp. leaf Oldham 1863
Cycadites conferta n. sp. leaf Morris 1863
Cycadites blanfordianus n. sp. leaf Oldham 1863
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites sp. leaf Göppert 1836
Pecopteris gleichenoides n. sp. leaf Oldham and Morris 1863
Gleichenites bindrabunensis n. sp. leaf Schimper 1876
Gleichenia rewahensis leaf Feistmantel 1882
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Gleichenia bosahii leaf Pant and Srivastava 1977
Chandra and Tewari 1991
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetum rajmahalense leaf (Oldham and Morris 1863)
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Pecopteris (Alethopteris) indica n. sp. leaf Oldham and Morris 1862
Osmundites sahnii n. sp. leaf Vishnu-Mittre 1956
Polypodiopsida - Marattiales - Marattiaceae
Pecopteris macrocarpa n. sp. leaf Oldham and Morris 1863
Pteropsida
Pecopteris lobata n. sp. leaf Oldham 1863
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Jharkhand
Coordinates: 25.2° North, 87.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.7° South, 59.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5-6
Key time interval: Late Jurassic
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 143.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Rajmahal Stage" (Lakhanpal et al. 1976)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Bindaban
Database number:224686
Authorizer:B. Allen Enterer:B. Allen
Created:2022-03-29 07:06:32 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2022-03-29 07:06:32
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
80975. R. N. Lakhanpal, H. K. Maheshwari, and N. Awasthi. 1976. A Catalogue of Indian Fossil Plants. 1-318 [B. Allen/B. Allen]

Secondary references:

83865 S. Chandra and R. Tewari. 1991. A Catalogue of Fossil Plants from India Part 2: Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Megafossils. 1-81 [B. Allen/B. Allen]